The mayors of eight municipalities in the southeast of the Community of Madrid, located along the banks of the Tajuña River, have signed a joint document in which they show “their dissatisfaction and concern” regarding the management of the Tajo Hydrographic Confederation, which they accuse of “lack of information and collaboration.”
The document is signed by the mayors of Ambite, Orusco de Tajuña, Carabaña, Tielmes, Perales de Tajuña, Chinchón, Titulcia and Morata de Tajuña, who demand more “transparency” with regard to the recent flooding of the Tajuña riverbed, directly related with the drainage of the Tajera dam.
Specifically, as sources from those City Councils have explained to Efe, the complaint arose from the fact that at the end of March the Confederation opened the floodgates of that reservoir due to the heavy rains recorded, but "they did not say anything" to either the City Councils or the irrigation associations.
This has caused there to be areas of La Vega that are “very flooded” because “the river has overflowed in numerous points”, while the City Councils “could not alert either Civil Protection or anyone else”, because they did not know that the Confederation would give that step, which has meant “a rather dangerous situation.”
These leaders assure in the letter, to which Efe has had access, that this “frustration” is also shared by the farmers' associations and the local irrigation chambers, who are “equally affected” by the lack of information and by the management of water resources in the region.
Likewise, the mayors reiterate the “urgent need for cleaning and maintenance” of the riverbed, and describe the current state of the river as “terrible,” despite having made multiple “repeated and unattended requests for intervention, despite being the direct responsibility.” of the Confederacy.”
